Burial-casket



(No Model.) I i -W. S. JONES.

BURIAL GASKET. r1\T0.595,632. Patented Dec. 14,1897.

WHWESSES FFICE ATENT WILLIAM S. JONES, OF OWOSSO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO OSCAR D. BYERS, OF SYRAOUSE, NEV YORK.

BURIAL- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,632, dated-December 14, 1897.'

' Application ned May 11, 1896. serial No. 591,061. (No man.)

To all whom it' may concern.-

Beit known that LWILLIAM S. JONES,a citizen of the United States, residing at Owosso, county of Shiawassee, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Burial-Gaskets; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will'enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object certain new and useful improvements in burial-Gaskets; and it consists of the construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a View in side elevation, showing the face-lid folded back. Fig. 2 is a plan View showing the folding sections of the covemoldingin dotted lines in opened position, the

face-lid B being folded back in opened posi-v tion. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3 3, Fig.

1, the face-lid and folding sections of the cove molding being in closed position. Fig. -iis a similar view showing the folding sections of the cove-molding in opened position.

The object of my invention is to provide a burial-casket with a face-lid which may be removed or folded backward out of the way, together with folding sections of the cove-molding, whereby a fuller view may be more'readily had of the remains within the casket when said folding sections are in opened position, whereby aneat and tasteful appearance is given to the casket, and wherebyT a support is furnished for flowers and the like at the head of the casket.

I carry out my invention as follows:

A represents the body of a casket, which may be constructed in any suitable manner or form.

B is a face-lid hinged to the cover-panel B', as shown at b; but my invention contemplates either the hinging of the face-lid to turn it back out of the way or the removal of the face-lid, as by a detachable hinge or analogous device.

C denotes the cove-molding, of any desired form.

At the head of the casket my invention contemplates cutting out two or more sections, (indicated by the numerals 1 2 3,) said sections being cut vertically into the molding a desired distance, but not through the molding, the base O of the molding adjacent to the head remaining intact and resting upon the body A of the casket. separated horizon tally from the base O of the molding and are hinged to said base O', as indicated at c. Thus the section 1 is shown hinged at c c to the end of the base O', asindicated more particularly in Fig. 2, while the sections 2 and 3 are each hinged, as shown at c c, on opposite sides of the casket to the base C of the cove. The base O of the cove thus extends integrally around the upper edge of the body. I do not limit myself to hinging the section 1 to the base, as it might be left integral with the base, the two lateral sections 2 and 3 being hinged to the base O of the cove-molding. I prefer to cut the sections 2 and 3 at the head of the casket at such points that they may be heldrmly in closed position when the face-lid B is closed. The head end of the face-lid is provided with a suitable catch or lock, as indicated at D, to fasten into the section 1.

It will be observed that the base C of the molding inwardly overhangs the upperedges of the body thereunder, thereby covering the upper edges of the lining of the casket.

The hinges c are preferably connected with the outer lower edge of said sections in closed position, whereby said sections will fold over freely to present the surfaces of their inner edges uppermost to form with the upper surface of the base C a support or shrine-surface equal to the combined widths of the base C and the adjacent section. Suitable lining or finishing material of a flexible nature, as indicated by the numeral 4, may be engaged to cover said shrine-surface, said liningreadily folding up when the sections are closed.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination, with a casket-body, of a cove-molding divided longitudinally and having` the sections thereof hinged together at their outer edges, and the lid supported on the upper section of said molding.

2. The combination with the casket-body,

The sections 1 2 3 areV roo of a Cove-molding having the portion around the head of the casket divided longitudinally in a horizontal plane and the upper portion thereof severed vertically into a head section l and side sections 2 and 3 and hinged to the outer edges of the lower portions of the covexnolding substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

lVILLIAM S. JONES.

Witnesses:

N. S. WRIGHT, JOHN F. MILLER. 

